People v. Spector

This is an appeal by the defendants, Ralph Spector and Sam Testa, from their conviction, after a bench trial in the Criminal Court of Cook County, on charges of conspiracy to defraud both the buyers and sellers in a real estate transaction. Testa was sentenced to a term of one to three years in the penitentiary and Spector received a sentence of one to five years.

Defendants’ first ground for reversal is that the evidence is not sufficient in law to establish that Testa knew of or took part in the alleged conspiracy. The evidence adduced at the trial showed that Ralph Spector, along with his…